Cost of Living in
Peru

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$697	$2049
Without rent	$384	$1633
Rent & Utilities	$349.27	$702.33
Food	$245	$777
Transport	$139.83	$438.86
Monthly salary after tax	$453.88
Human freedom index	7.65
Life expectancy	68.5
English speaking %	8.1%
Population	32.0M

The cost of living in Peru is $697, which is 1.5 times less expensive than the world average. Peru is ranked 139th out of 208 countries by cost of living .

The average salary after taxes in Peru is $453.88, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months.

Peru

We calculate prices for Peru as a population-weighted mean of 37 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$697	139 / 208
Without rent	$384	142 / 208
Rent & Utilities	$349.27	125 / 208
Food	$245	145 / 208
Transport	$139.83	14 / 208

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	398.19$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	259.78$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	783.46$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	540.43$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	32.89$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	48.01$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	27.39$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.31$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1418$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1635$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	3.49$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	21.8$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	5.8$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	2.22$
Cappuccino	3.22$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.84$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.51$
Monthly ticket local transport	36.37$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	16.27$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	1.42$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.16$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	1.88$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.91$
Eggs, x12	2.56$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	7.66$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.5$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	7.54$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.78$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.99$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.79$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.85$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.83$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.92$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.61$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	1.78$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	10.01$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.71$
Cigarette pack	5.22$
Cold medicince, 1 week	5.07$
Hair Shampoo	4.2$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	1.59$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.37$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	36.5$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	5.03$
Doctor's visit	37.72$
Haircut, simple	8.11$
Brand Jeans	43.19$
Brand Sneakers	64.02$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	242.78$
International Primary School, 1 year	5039$

Cost of living in other countries

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Canete	$1159
2	Mariscal Nieto	$926
3	Iquitos	$750
4	Maynas	$747
5	Huacho	$626
6	Morropon	$621
7	Bellavista	$596
8	Huarmey	$592
9	Ica	$589
10	Junin (Peru)	$588
11	Huaraz	$586
12	Chupaca	$584
13	Gueppi	$579
14	Huari	$577
15	Celendin	$570
16	Jauja	$567
17	Lima (Peru)	$565
18	Otuzco	$565
19	Cajabamba	$564
20	Chincha	$561
21	Alto Amazonas	$560
22	Lucanas	$560
23	Ascope	$559
24	Nazca	$559
25	Coronel Portillo	$558
26	Leoncio Prado	$558
27	Lampa (Peru)	$556
28	Huanta	$555
29	Callao (Peru)	$552
30	Huancavelica	$552
31	Carabaya	$550
32	Chalhuanca	$544
33	Huanuco	$542
34	Paita	$539
35	Andahuaylas	$534
36	La Convencion	$533
37	Pacasmayo	$528
38	El Collao	$527
39	Arequipa	$526
40	Abancay	$524
41	Acobamba	$520
42	Islay	$516
43	Canchis	$501
44	Azangaro	$500
45	Cusco	$497
46	Oxapampa	$495
47	Chala	$488
48	Ayacucho (Peru)	$484
49	Chumbivilcas	$483
50	Juliaca	$477
51	Mariscal Caceres	$476
52	Jaen (Peru)	$470
53	Chimbote	$465
54	Chepen	$462
55	Huaura	$454
56	Chachapoyas	$453
57	Chanchamayo	$449
58	Concepcion (Peru)	$445
59	Mancora	$445
60	Ferrenafe	$444
61	Huaral	$443
62	Ilo	$443
63	Bagua	$439
64	Camana	$439
65	Caras	$438
66	Calca	$432
67	Huancayo	$431
68	Huallaga	$430
69	Cutervo	$429
70	Lamas	$429
71	Lambayeque	$427
72	Oyon	$427
73	Casma	$424
74	Chiclayo	$424
75	Moyobamba	$412
76	Chota	$407
77	Chancay	$403
78	Huaycan	$402
79	Barranca	$400
80	Cajamarca (Peru)	$399
81	Huamachuco	$399
82	Monaco	$7654
83	Santa Barbara Province	$3469
84	Singapore	$3385
85	Neuchatel	$3164
86	Ile-de-France	$2736
87	Zurich	$2715
88	California	$2710
89	Queretaro	$2187
90	United States	$2149
91	Baden-Wurttemberg	$2044
92	Aland	$2038
93	Ostergotland	$1978
94	Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur	$1921
95	Hoki	$1897
96	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes	$1891
97	Liege	$1878
98	Plzen	$1831
99	South Pyongan	$1816
100	Hokkaido	$1802
101	Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro	$1703
102	Nampo	$1690
103	Jonkoping	$1661
104	Rikuchu	$1633
105	Sancti Spiritus	$1578
106	Caceres	$1564
107	Holguin	$1508
108	Usti nad Labem	$1462
109	Cadiz	$1459
110	Orebro	$1456
111	Kavala	$1444
112	Limon	$1428
113	Al Bahah	$1394
114	Colon (Panama)	$1391
115	Zlin	$1388
116	Vastmanland	$1381
117	Omi	$1355
118	Tacuarembo	$1343
119	Siauliai County	$1329
120	Ahuachapan	$1327
121	Shimosa	$1324
122	Ciego de Avila	$1316
123	Tokai	$1300
124	Xanthi	$1280
125	Dembeni	$1275
126	Panama	$1271
127	Bayamon	$1269
128	Paysandu	$1264
129	Usulutan	$1259
130	Zilina	$1252
131	Hyuga	$1251
132	Guantanamo	$1238
133	Panama	$1234
134	Ioannina	$1231
135	Igdir	$1230
136	Panama Oeste	$1230
137	San-Pedro	$1203
138	Klaipeda	$1201
139	Tillaberi	$1200
140	Etchu	$1194
141	Vlore	$1194
142	Constanta	$1189
143	Kai	$1170
144	Pinar del Rio	$1161
145	Riga Planning Region	$1154
146	Camaguey	$1149
147	San Pedro de Macoris	$1138
148	Lodz	$1132
149	Chania	$1130
150	Causeni	$1128
151	Presov	$1128
152	Calarasi (Moldova)	$1117
153	Kermanshah	$1116
154	Franche-Comte	$1113
155	Yoro	$1112
156	Tekirdag	$1111
157	Zambezia	$1107
158	Bahia	$1102
159	Setubal	$1097
160	Drama	$1085
161	Kastoria	$1081
162	Suo	$1080
163	Balikesir	$1075
164	Thies	$1074
165	Trencin	$1063
166	Serres	$1060
167	Dubasari	$1050
168	Rethymno	$1045
169	Equateur	$1036
170	Espirito Santo	$1034
171	Suchitepequez	$1030
172	Haut-Uele	$1027
173	Gabu	$1019
174	Straseni	$1015
175	Brasov	$1014
176	Goias	$1013
177	Boke	$1007
178	Mexico	$1007
179	Totomi	$995
180	Siauliai	$994
181	Colon (Cuba)	$992
182	Banska Bystrica	$983
183	Panevezys	$969
184	Iasi	$963
185	Sao Paulo	$961
186	Kozuke	$956
187	Klaipeda County	$952
188	Izmir	$949
189	Osumi	$945
190	Kutahya	$934
191	Quilpue	$930
192	Hradec Kralove	$929
193	Kasai	$920
194	Kasai-Oriental	$919
195	Gueckedou	$918
196	Michoacan	$908
197	Eskisehir	$906
198	Extreme-Nord	$900
199	Solola	$897
200	Timis	$890
201	Bafata	$878
202	Kahramanmaras	$878
203	Usak	$877
204	Guatemala	$876
205	Uige	$872
206	Dien Bien	$871
207	Estado de Mexico	$864
208	Yucatan	$864
209	Durres	$856
210	Guaira	$856
211	Municipality of Chisinau	$854
212	Diyarbakir	$850
213	Cotui	$846
214	Ceara	$845
215	Francisco Morazan	$845
216	Botosani	$841
217	Esteli	$838
218	Buzau	$834
219	Botosani	$829
220	Forecariah	$826
221	Kirikkale	$816
222	Maan	$816
223	San Luis Potosi	$814
224	Boyaca	$812
225	Tucuman	$812
226	Caras-Severin	$810
227	Neuquen	$806
228	Bekes	$799
229	Hoki Province	$787
230	Adiyaman	$779
231	Arges	$779
232	Neamt	$777
233	Raska	$771
234	Atlantico	$768
235	Marijampole	$762
236	Para	$756
237	Gyor-Moson-Sopron	$755
238	Ialomita	$751
239	Veszprem	$751
240	Wasit	$751
241	Huila	$747
242	Sirvan	$747
243	Canakkale	$743
244	Aydin	$733
245	Elazig	$730
246	Chisinau	$726
247	Nuevo Leon	$720
248	Shkoder	$718
249	Korce	$710
250	Khuzestan	$708
251	Copiapo	$705
252	Bazega	$694
253	Curico	$692
254	Hamadan	$689
255	Mures	$683
256	Passore	$680
257	Braila	$675
258	Oueme	$671
259	Bistrita-Nasaud	$669
260	Iasi	$668
261	Djibouti	$666
262	Rezekne	$664
263	Laayoune	$660
264	Nghe An	$657
265	Awash	$655
266	Elazig	$650
267	Leon (Nicaragua)	$648
268	Gilan	$644
269	Meknes	$634
270	Mures	$633
271	Khenifra	$631
272	Tuyen Quang	$628
273	Bacau	$624
274	Paraguari	$622
275	Caras-Severin	$620
276	Piaui	$620
277	Binh Phuoc	$612
278	Osh	$608
279	Chuy Province	$607
280	Vinh Long	$607
281	Anse-a-Veau	$604
282	Dambovita	$604
283	Medias	$602
284	Koulpelogo	$595
285	Anosy	$594
286	Rio San Juan	$590
287	Bac Lieu	$587
288	Ninh Thuan	$585
289	Setif	$582
290	Duzce	$573
291	Ain Beida	$572
292	North Ossetia-Alania	$572
293	Agri	$569
294	Maramures	$569
295	Al Mahwit	$568
296	Hau Giang	$567
297	Dak Lak	$566
298	Al Hoceima	$562
299	Nis	$561
300	Sidi Bel Abbes	$553
301	Cadiz	$542
302	Valcea	$542
303	Kelaat Sraghna	$539
304	Bac Giang	$536
305	Soc Trang	$535
306	Miragoane	$533
307	Bechar	$531
308	Menaka	$525
309	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	$522
310	Karbala	$522
311	Lere	$516
312	Stavropol	$514
313	Yen Bai	$513
314	Kirklareli	$512
315	Hajjah	$507
316	Son La	$502
317	San Andres	$500
318	Inezgane-Ait Melloul	$498
319	Sadah	$495
320	Dhaka	$489
321	Sale	$489
322	Corum	$484
323	Concepcion (Paraguay)	$482
324	Binh Dinh	$480
325	Oulmes	$480
326	Caaguazu	$478
327	Arta	$476
328	Dong Nai	$473
329	Lang Son	$470
330	Salar	$470
331	Kenitra	$467
332	Quang Tri	$466
333	Ayni	$465
334	Dong Thap	$463
335	Narino	$462
336	Maharashtra	$461
337	Quang Ninh	$453
338	Nam Dinh	$448
339	Ain Temouchent	$444
340	Thanh Hoa	$444
341	Sanaa	$443
342	MSila	$441
343	Binh Duong	$438
344	Homs	$436
345	Khemisset	$435
346	Medenine	$433
347	Ca Mau	$431
348	Kebili	$431
349	Thua Thien Hue	$431
350	Beni Mellal-Khenifra	$429
351	Ain Defla	$426
352	Mazandaran	$426
353	Binh Thuan	$424
354	Tamba	$423
355	Jaen (Peru)	$422
356	Tetouan	$414
357	Al Bayda	$412
358	Ysyk-Kol	$411
359	Tebessa	$409
360	Bejaia	$405
361	Misratah	$399
362	Baghlan	$398
363	El Kelaa des Sraghna	$398
364	Daharia	$393
365	Al Bayda	$390
366	San Joaquin	$389
367	Tay Ninh	$389
368	Bordj Bou Arreridj	$384
369	Kien Giang	$381
370	Saida	$381
371	Gabes	$377
372	Kosice	$372
373	Sabha	$365
374	Bihar	$363
375	Kien Giang	$363
376	Quang Nam	$363
377	Samana	$360
378	Medea	$333
379	Ben Tre	$324
380	Naama	$302

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